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%elves with observing, tit Ho f t no l4 tIY tl' llC, re f# ,1;e 1 a ,05e cOutain the full sum and substance of all the ob jections which they can muster in opposition to Tu ThiDENINITY BILL. The Noblemen' in ques tion have, no doubt, their reasons for publishing this Curious Manifesto at present, for though they are not themselves candidates, they cannot be supposed to be indifferent to Parliamentary lute- Fests, hut, on. the contrary, pnay be presumed to be desirous, of conciliating the favour of the constituent body in support of particular indiyi di!als. The eve of an expected Gellertll Election is indeed a period which produces a considerable bustle among the members of both HOuSes of Par liatuent, aml will therefore fully account for the h stling Of this POLITICAL BULL at the present Moment.. But if they have their reasons for pub lishing it at first,. wt have ours also for giving it creased publicity, as it Unfolds their prinriples and characters, and will . enal . ,le the people at large to judge how fur they are qualifiel to•assome the reins of,Governinent, if it should ever hApirwo that again they , fail into their hands. But let us now e Xamine this Party Document: It begins ‘Tidi l'uerting, that there hat !nett " no widely Pre cki traitorous conspiracy, nor even any •lieosive to the Government," 11°t withs!autti(,g the evidence of facts v.htch has (filly s.atisfi , .ti the nation that such conspiracy did aettt anyexist. Now they must be very inatten tive to triose. occurrences which -spread alarm over tfte Country, wholly incapable of forming a proper "liinate of probable consequences it they hail not b een checked in time, or they must voluntarily h ave shut their eyes to the truth. Hence they be negligent, weak, or they:must dissemble opinions. Therefore, in whichever of these points of view they nn'iy he considered, it is evi -denttliEtt they are totally tinfir to be trusted with tot e concerns of a great Ernnire. Whether they are "41ess, shallow, or insincete, ail of which, in- Il eed; might be inferred from the Document before 41 , it unegitivocaliy proves that they are ineligible I'4 the high stations to which they aspire. Grant 14g that there was " no extensive disuffection," are "Ye to be limitrd in our judgment to the a ctual stale of thios, and n►st to look forward to th e events which might attend them ? There Was " no extensive disaffection " on the t) rigin of the French ReVolution . , but wicked till(' artful men soon mixed viltit the multitutio, and, at length, brought u iseiy anti ruin %you France, I P re adiugeonstertvati.)n Qiul terror all over Europe. litese weak or wilful l'HoTESTotts tontent tl►em- " that the Insurgents were Rot formidable by their numbers," but they admit that they were . ae t wired by an "atrocious spirit," Without cotiside ring what their numbers ►night 'lave been, if they had not been checked in time, or e , h a t dreadful effects plight hate arisen from That ,itrocions spirit." In the second para g'ap_h of THE PROTEST, the Noble . Subscribers strew an unseemly pleasantry for so grave a subject, 4 ' 41 say, adverting to the number of the Insurgents, it Was' . almost ludicrously destrUctice of every itlea o►f au armed rebellio ' n or dangerous insurrection." then these unreflecting Politicians judge from li /e were state of things at the time, and overlook the 0, van:ol consequences that might have arisen t;overionew had been, in the hands of such Po li6tialls us themselves, and they' profess to think that Ministers nee ded not to have resorted to " a luspenSion Of Public Ireedom,"—the meaning of ! il k') is, that such Cous.p;rators as were most 44 ", but of whose guilt sufficient evidence bad bc " t hen_ been procured, should be left at large to ex c i te fresh i nsurr e c tions in other quarto's. j '" , say these sagaeionS Protestors, the mea- Slir ea adopted by Government " gave an laths-- t ' l lninate importance-to the ttecused." This 0!)- 4 7‘ 4t iott seems to be sheer folly; for the_ accus 1141st have been discrimi nated, though only tin- Po t( t. ...7 1 t tHI account the deeper nature of their Lt ' The fact is, that the Party them elves 4. 4 e given ingiortance to ,the accused by their C ()w ttl commiseration tur some, and their liberal ; 11ti bution s to reward the misdeeds of other , . V rntestors proceed to say, that " evenwheo . 1 1: 1 ‘ CI of flab, as Corpus is suspended, none oo t account oug h t to b e a ppr e he n ded u p on ques -4 yetlll4 ble susp i c i on , b ut !Ilion such grounds , Chid/ as Would he just war, - ants for wrests t :"I‘ trials i n ordinary times." But as the line i Were not or di na ry, it w as necessar y t h at t )ur anrditiary measwes should be adopt e d, that i 1 4 'Piciou s .characters should be restrui lj ed from 'se hief, and entprsies be made for proof of their ' tli lt• It should" be remembered -that no person T was take!, into cust o dy but up on e v id ence on oat h . h e two remaining points iu this party Proclanta tiattrelite to the hackneyed topics of Spies and i f o Tmers, and what it terms •" the systematic en- Ntragernen' t" otinielligencearisiog front such " se and iinoire sources." So that Government, io tine. midst of national danger, shoUld renrain inrr ti ll none nut good men, who, of course, are no qtly to have the least connection with.had ones, or any knowledge Hf their proceedings, sliallcome.for. ward with such information as %Olt justify do. ernntent in, at last, taking. measures fur Ow security of the Country. It is dithc , lt to describe with due contempt such a mass of ridiculous ab surdity. As to the insinuation of " systematic encouragement," it is uneeprthy of notice. Before we take leave of this precious,composi tion which The Morning Chronicle of to-day ascribes to Lord ERSKINE, we cannot but express our surprize, - as .11',.‘ Lordship has always been esteemed a very intlitf,rent Politician, and not much superior as an author, thong-lithe title pa • 7e of one of. his pamphlets passed through many Edi tions, that the rest of the noble Suliscribirs should Wave annoxed their signatures, p4tticulaoy Lord HoLLAND, who can write, though lie certainly ap pears as an Orator • to most advantage in the Par liamentary Reports of the Newspapers... To con clude, we borrow the words of The Chronicle with some variation :—" We hold it to be our fluty to say', that if the House of Commons shall pass- this necessary Bill, it will furnish the best of all possible rules in the choice of . a new one. If the Peol►le.shall not send back 'to Parliament any one who votes for it, they will de serve no pity," for if they should chose such Candidates as may be likely to support the pre tensions of the'PaoThsTons to a return to power, and to forward such sneas►ires as those PaoTesToßs Wray be expected to propose, our victory at 1V.1.. TERLOO will be rendered nugatory, and France may again " cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs at War." SIR SAMUEL RoMILLY.—n is painful to see the effect of Patty feelings upon minds of a superior cast. Jo the Chancery suit relative to the pecu niary claims of the Princess of Wat.Es, which our Readers will find in another pert of our Paper, this Gentleman shewed such a lamentable want of taste, as to mix his politics with his duty as a Counsel, when he said, adverting to Lord Lt VE RPOOL, " he could not suppose that the con science of a Prime Minister was more than that of another man." This,\ surely, is an effusion of vulaar spleen, totally unworthy of the Hun. Gen tleman. By the way, if.. what we have heard of the pecuniary Claims, in question, be true, it is highly, and esseni ially, .proper that the Defendants should have a full opportunity to examine the do cuments on which those claims nee founded. Most vi the Country Journal•, we regret to say, teem with lawentable accounts of the recent hurricanes. THE KING'S Saturday her M - *JEST? held her l‘lontlily Council at Wiudsof%— Thelollowing Report was agreed upon and ex hinittd yesterday : WuNpsolt-CAsTLE, MARCH- 7.—HisMAJEginr has passed the. last month in great trangn'llity, and continues to enjoy a .good state of bodily health, but his MAJESTy's dis Order is unchanged." WINDS,OR, MARCH S.—Oil TUCS!IeO Lady GRosyszloß arrived at the {Castle on a visit .to the Princess SoPHIA. During her MAJESTY'S absence in London, the Archbishop of Ynax, the Duke of MotiTaosP, and Sir WILLIAM GRANT, three Members of the Queen's Council, have been - in attendance on the KING. THE THEATRIt.—Mr. KEAN,' who retains his popularity, peiformed Othello on Saturday before a numerous audienre, and with unabated ap plause.? - Mrs. RowNioN, who appeared , to so' much advantage in Desilemona, again gave an in terestin charm to that character, and MAYwoon„ who does not seem to be sufficiently bought forward, acquitted hims'elf so respectably in Itgo as deservedly to excite much aprobation. The farce was Three Weeks after Marriage. one of Mr NILIRPHY'S best ,compositions of that kind, - and Miss SMITHsON; bristled. as the piirAse is, toles- . ably well !brought the part of Lady Racket. On Fria N i r the Duke of CLAttENtc,a sett •Bushy, accotuj►ankd by his youngest •son,• and proceetied to Portsmouth, for the purtmse of seeing his sot► onboard the Spartan, t►t Spithead, as a midship man. According to an article from Brussels, letters had been receiv - ed there from Paris, dated the 27th ult. announcing thktt the Police had a rreS three individual who were suspected of not. b..ing unconcerued • in ,the attempt upon the Dike of WvLLINGTos. Siti►rciny night. ciisn:►t(lu were sent off from the Secretary of State's (Alice to the West In dies and America. Sot2TuAmFioN.—On Saturday Mr. W. CHAN RERLAYNE was elected a Representativeln Parlia ment for this town, without onpo•ition, in the loom of GEORGE EIENRY lOSE, ' , lig. who has vacated hip s e at, by his 'succession to the office of Clerk of Pal {lament. Mr. Rosy had repressented us in six strecessive Parliaments ; anti 09 Friday GEORGE PrTT Rose, son of our late Member, was chosen to represent the Borough of .Christchnrch in Parliament, and in the room cat his late grand father, the Right Hon. GanEGR Robe. • WEN MOUTH, MARCH 6.—The ship totally wrecked on Portland Beach was the Mercare de Havre. The wine ca,ks were marked " CH. FALLON and Co." and supposed for London-, and upwards of 450 tons bnrtneri.. Messrs. WESTON and Lora, French Cousol, were speedily on the spot to render every assistance, brit we itre sorry to say that the cargo is totally kst., • POETRY. • ENIGMA.* i have twenty itiensand friends, • . Duly serving,at my side; Whose united cart defends • The POst that Ito them confide. ' • But if a simple mie Of these Beyond his comrades dare to go, Enraged, the officious fool I seize, And cast him from me as a foe. • We'r6luest a solution front our ingenious Readers. 'CAMBRIDGE, MARcH 6. The ChanCcAlor's Gold Medal: for the best proficients in classicafleaining wining the commencing Bachelors of _Arts, were_ on Friday last adjudged 'to ilr. ConflOp Thirlwal Land Mr. Gorge titotinforth, both ,of Trinity College. The other Candidates, whOe naint , s are mentioned in the Order of the Tripos„ are considered by the Examiners to have-done them selves great credit Malkin, Trinity College, Ellis, Trinity' College, Fisher, Trinity College, I liiltlyard, St. John's. The subject of the Seatoniatt Prize Poem fur the ensuing Scar is Deborah. Wig most probable that the representation of this borough will be coctest et! at the ensuing general election, Henry John Adeane, Esq. having announced his intention of offering himself as One of its Representatives in thetnext Parliament. 'The Rev. John Blackborn, B. A..of St. John's College, has been licensed, by his Grace the Archbishop of York, to the perpetual Curacy of Attercliffe cum Darnall, on the nomina tion of the Rev. Mr. Sutton, Vicar of Sheffield. Mr. Henry Kirby. B. A. of Clare Hall, was lately elected Fellow of that Society. THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON On Saturday a General Meeting - of the Direc tors and Officers of The Highland Society of Loudon was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, to Make the usual arrangements for the Annual. Din ner, which is invariably held on the Anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria. At this Aleetingse vOal valuable communications on many interest ing subjects were teatl by the Secretary, Dr. MAcxt NNON. That from the Rev. Dr. DEWAR, on the want of Churches in, the Highlands of Scotland, attracted great attention ; and we hope the liberality of the - Legislature will not he con fined to England in the proposed Grant for Bnild jug Churches, but . be extended to Scotland and Ireland. The other interesting communication made at this Meeti-ng was respecting the Gaelic Dictionary, which is now preparing for the press in Scotland, under the direction and 'immediate soPerintendae cc . of two eminent Scholars'—and we understand considerable progress has been made in the work. The Highland Society of London has subscribed one hundred guineas to wards it,. and we believe many of the Members have individually subscribed for it. We have no doubt but when the Prospectns of this great un dertaking is made known to - the Heads of the Colleges in .the English Universities, they will, with their accustomed liberality, promote it. A letter from Dublin, dated the 3cl 'lnstant, says, " Sir CH-ARLES. ORMSBY died suddenly on Monday. nit;ht. Mr. MAN GRADY, the Junior Counsel to► the Commissioners, will succeed him as First C►►unsel; and Mr. LESLIE FOSTER will have the latter appointment, worth, it is said, 30004: a year. Sir CHARLES ORMSBY had only one day . ,s•illnesS. His complaint was gout in the stomach," ,SOUTH SEA FlSllERY.—Ffirther, accounts have been received from the Hydra South Sea man, Captain l USSI L, of this port, by which it appears, that at the end of July last she had 170 barrels of sperm oil on board, he'sides a whale alongside. The Hydra left Plymouth '26th of 'February, 1.817, since which the Wanderer has sailed from Dock for the Fishery ; and in a few weeks the Prince of Wales is expected to sail on . the short voyage, for black oil, eec. We believe that the first whaler from this port, the Countess'ot Morley, may be expected home in a few months—(Ply mouth Telegraph, March 7.) DESPERATE SUlClDE.—Mr.Saninel Bray, Sin , . geon, of Brick-lane, IVlritecharl, cinutnitted the following dreadful act of suicide on ,Saturday. About• two o'clock on the afternoon of that' day, the unfortunate young man went into. the . shop of Mr. Kent, chemist and druggist, in the same stre e t, and appeared quite deranged ; .there was no person in the shop at the time hot the shooman, who became alarmed at behaviour : at I,:ngth Mr. Bray jumped uptin the counter,, and grasping a large bottle containing some poisonous medicine (with which he was well acquainted) he drank oil' the whole contents' then senting'himself on a stool in about a minute be tell on the floor, he was - ,seized with convul, sinus and died before any remedy could be adminis tered.. The onfortturate young man was son to a respectable - centleman, and serves) his 'time with Mr. Kent, in whose shop he committed the fatal act ; ,afterwards he was married, middle has lett a wife and two children 'to deplore his loss. , Ile had been for some time in great distress, owing to his being out of a situation, and became in a desponding state. The line-of-battle ships Victorious, Yolk, and Swiltsure, are rimier inspection, at Portsmouth, to - ascertain (ill conformity with au order) how long they. may ibe actively employed with out repair. •It is conjectured that it is intended to pay the amount of the Slave-renunciation 1114/11Cy to Spain iu ships of war. . The great Rise' u IVines is attributed by some to a Monopoly, by others to a Scarcity of Wine OF a tine quality, with an increasing demand ; hut we suspect in sonic measure owing to the Office keepers advertising to give Witte gratis to their Customers in 'Mee or Four Pipes at ti tithe, and inviting them to choose it themselves ; nor - is it I.ktly that Me price will be itriver until thiS Lot- . fiery is over, ;rod all Ihe , Pipes of Port 'given to eurchasers are select&d. A new .Satirical Novel, called " The Stevie," is no the eve of appearing. Pohlie curiosity is 4relly excited towards this- prod.netion, which is ,U.pected to he from the pen c)f a rnan of high tashipo. 'li►e , hero of the tale is reported to be ► diStiogoisliej Scotch Peer upward; of a lion dyed other characters 'are also said to be drawn to tile lite by the Author. PnOTEsT r.NTF.III.I) ON THE 301 , ENxLs' OF THE HOUSE OF LokiDs, AGAINST TIIE IND: MNITY FILL. DISSENTIENT; Because it is manifest that there has been no widely spread traitorous conspiracy, nor even any extensive disalfeetion IU the Government, since tiu , Secret COminitte - e, wtios, report is the sole foundatfon of this proceeding, no themselves express their satisfact io n in deliver ing their decided opinion, that not only the conittry'fit general, but in those districts where ; the designs of the disaffected were the most actively anti unre ' mittingly empl,yed, the great toady of the pc. po i i t re mained ditiaiiat , ', o'ol during periods ot the greatest internal and distress;" xtat in g• fart r /alts," that the insurgents- were not formidable .by their numbers, though actinerd by an atrocious spirit, and that though the tititpiage used by in:1)1y persons engaged in this enterrrise, and parti cularly by their leaders, left no room to (litany that their ob jects were the Overthrow of the Established Government, yet 'that such object•s' were extravagant when compared with the inadiiinive means which they wissessed ; and I hat not finding' their confOcratra hatfarrivcd, as expected; to their support, and that in the villages through which / they passed a strong indisposition being manifested against their cmue and pro- ject, some of theta had thrown away their pikes tu,nfitre the military apikm'ed, and that on - the first slew of. force lead dispersed—their leaders attempting in rant .2d—Because in such a state of things so considingly de scribed by the Committee, mid so almost lodicrimsl iestrttc tied of every idea of an-armed rebellion, or Cwirz,i,,is inst,tr rectiutt, more especially by •a Government sup.iorted by such , an nista:late-41 people, and such au immense ni efy force, we cannot but thtlik that a - different and less al -inning conrse ought in wise policy to have been pursped, and that tranquil lity inOit have been equally restored by a vigorous exccu ,tion of the ordinary Inns, and the exertions of a vigilant Ma gistracy, without any suspension of the public freedom, since it is the prompt selection and speedy execution of (ljeW pal pable offenders, rather than delayed proceedings agaiost num bers upon doubtful testimony, that invest the Courts of Jus tice with a salutary terror and' force.. 3d—Because the departure front this just and judicious mode of- proceeding gave au indiscriminate importance to the accused, whilst it exposed the administration of the Go vernthent to a dangerous disrespect.' 4111—Because even when the Act of Habeas_ Corpos is sus pended, 'none on that account ought to he apprehended upon questionable suspicion, or, to use the hinguage of the Report, upon " such expectations of evidence as Ministefs have un avoidably reliticihished," but upon such grounds ()lily as would, be just, warrants for arrests and trials bi ordinary times, the only legal effect. of the Siispension being, that it suspends the deliverance of the ac,7used ; we think,therefore, that a general Indemnity fur such lc merons na-I long. im prisonments ought not even to have ben proposed to Par liament, until an opeu andimpartial.invesiigalion had taken lace. sth—Because, from the mistaken principle of this Bill, pant:ions and meritorious illcgilitY are squatty protected, ou the fal'se and unfounded aSsumption ►bat inforjuations ought to be indiacriminatet# and perpetually secret, lint even if we could agree that whilst traitorous conspirators_ are actually its force, and extraordinary powers in action for theii- sat,pres sio►s, secrecy could in-all cases be justified, yet we never could consent to its continuance after order was restored ; the law,' being then sufficient to protect good subjec►s for having tro nestly discharged their duties, and bre:lose bolding out such general prospects of Indemnity is a, dangerous encourage: anent to mercenary Informers, who make an infa nous ttatfi3 in the lives and liberties of mankind, kkceiving allCidis4rioc,n; the Government, wlnist they betray the intim:tut whom► they assns. (411—Because it is not the nce(vionai resurt to such secret and invure solaces of evidence in cases of obvioas mcessity, but the. st o rstematie enepuragentrnt of it, whiat we e.meelve is sanctioned•by this Bill, that we protest against and condefflu, sinet the successful prosecutions of the worst tr:.itors toil li bellers can bring no security to the Govt.!, violent of ttois coun try, unlets the conduct of its Ministers anti of its Parliament, by a faithful adherence to the free principles of the-Consti tution, shall constantly expose the vial golly of their treason s and the falschoo4 of their libellous conapiaiot. KING, -ERSKINE, ,AUCKLAND, CA RNA P.VON, VASSAL HOLLAND GAO , VENt)It, LAN•q)OVV.S,E, • 1,;•1,171W,RD.11,E, • . • ROSS LYN , • NI ( )tiTl , O RD. JOHN GIFFORD, Esa, On the 6th instant died, at 13m:uteri, in Kent, aged 60, JOHN Gtrvotto, E. rwthy yeas one of the. Police Magistr'ates at the Ofli , e iu IVor ship-street, and lately removed to the. Office_iu Marlborough-sheet.' Mr. GIFF txo WaS rtist if) - gUiSilO •in private life by the most ardent,.coojti gal awl paternal atleclioo, alzd by the IVAtuitik and steadiness of his triendships. As a public character, his loss will he deeply deplined by all who have the true interests of, ,rq:iety at "heart.-- Ile was a firm an strenuous supporter of the ge nuine principles of the Constitution in Church and State. Tire independence of his mind concurred with his real patriotism to rendkr t him superior to, t'he influence of political attehments, and in his views of, men and measures 'he was governed solely by his solicitude (Or the public good. As' a Magistrate, he was characterized by sagacity and penetration, by activity and promptitude„while, by his energy, decision, anti iirrepidity, he was eminently fitted for the magisterial station iii disturbed and perilous times. Ina word, by the . death of Mr. GiFFthib the , King has loSt‘a most loyal subject, the Constitution a most zealous friend, and the Country a most useful Magistrate. Mr. GIFFoRD has left 'a widow and seven children to deplore his loss. APPREHENSION OF F:NNEY.-We 'mentioned on Saturday that Charles Finney, tite person swpecLeti of having ,entrapped the -two boys, Kelly and Spicer, vas . taken into'custody. It. appears that on leaving London he went to Shrewsbury, where he had'a brother, a journeyman plasterer, and he there obtained employment at Willey Park, the seat of C.W.Furrester, Esq. M.P, In tiri's situa tion he continued until Thursday, th-e 26:h ult., when he received a let(er front L.Ondon, and' inpne diltely absconded. This..circumstanee'cOming to ,the knowledge of Mr. Parker, the - Overseer of the .works at Willey Park, he determined if 'Possible -to discover where Finney had gone. In a day or two, a letter came addressed to a journeyntin plasterer, with whom he Was intinlat•e, and the hand-writing being suspected as his, .it4was openest„ and found to be from hint, saving he was ar W e l c h Pool, and was passing under the name of W;Jii , tiTt Stnit h. Accordingly, on Monday last, Mr. Parsons, accompanied by a constable,.went to Welco Point, and there apprehended` he was conveyed to Shrewsbury, where be underwent nn examination, and then brought in cilSlody to London, where he• arrived on Wednesday 'night, and Was Itidgell in the .14011 Se of Comeedon, Coldhath.fields, It • is tnderstona, that he is 1 . 4) unclzrgo all examine.- (inn on Friday next. Oil - SaintiLy, the Boit. Mr. lietiner and Mr. Al.lerttratt Wood Went to the House of Correction, and had a long examin ation of Finney. We observe, that a nett , and improved Editioh has lately been published - of that little ex ert! en t Work," The Ail . or ;peso:Ting the Sight.'"—This ix Treatise from which many very nsetul hints ;nay be derived upon a subject which most be always interesting to the Scholar anti the Man of hosi 'less, Lie will find a few plain and practical rules which cannot fail in most cases of aicitiniog titeic object.